uncivil
/ʌnˈsɪv.əl/
"uncivil" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uncivil” is uncommon English (frequency #68,717 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,717
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not civilized
Corpus desk
Index EN-uncivil · uncivil · English
uncivil · rank #68,717 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,717
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH ume
Nearest frequency peer: ume (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “uncivil”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- umbilicus
umbilicus
31,286 corpus weight
- ume
ume
31,285 corpus weight
- uncivil
uncivil
31,284 corpus weight
- underlay
underlay
31,283 corpus weight
- undershirt
undershirt
31,282 corpus weight
- understory
understory
31,281 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “uncivil” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uncivil |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʌnˈsɪv.əl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,717 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “uncivil” in English
Rare enough to double-check
uncivil is uncommon English at frequency #68,717 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ʌnˈsɪv.əl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for uncivil, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + civil. The correct English form is uncivil, spelled U-N-C-I-V-I-L.
Definition
- 1Not civilized
- 2Not civil; discourteous; impolite
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how uncivil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
uncivil behavior
John Terry and Frank Lampard would not have reacted as the Nigerian did to the (admittedly X-rated) challenge that led to the Liverpool forward being sent off in last week’s Carling Cup quarter-final against Chelsea. All very dangerous, all very uncivil.
Etymology
From un- + civil.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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